✨ My second piece on Medbh McGuckian is now live! I consider her poetic treatment of (Northern) Ireland & Britain in light of Brexit, the 1916 centenary & #GFA20. @thelonelypress @WFUPress@ACNIWriting @NOALIBISBOOKS @PoetrySociety @PoetryProgRTE #IrishStudies#agreement20 https://t.co/0N887Wnhh2
Reminder! @emiliepine will speak on 'Pregnant with meaning: Performing maternity on the Irish stage'. 26 April, Senate House, Senate Room, 6-8pm. All welcome! #irishstudies https://t.co/XYPEmXJseh
5 - The Home Office says the Windrush records were destroyed 'under the Data Protection Act', because departments are not supposed to keep records containing personal data for longer than that data is necessary. But this is nonsense.
1 - Thread on the Home Office destroying the #Windrush landing cards. Here's how the system should work. Under the Public Records Act, govmt departments must transfer archive records to @UkNatArchives within 30 (now 20) years.
A War Powers Act would enshrine in law that the government must seek parliamentary approval before deploying British troops in combat.
The British Prime Minister must be accountable to Parliament, not to the whims of the US President or any other government.
Once again, as the government attempts to pass the Windrush outrage off asan administrative error, it does bear repeating: "This was not a glitch in the system. It is the system." https://t.co/3kcuZNfqj7
Are Art's degrees past their sell-by date? No, say many employers, as arts graduates have vital 21st century skills. Read this weekend's Irish Times article, featuring Assoc. Prof. Fionnuala Dillane, here: https://t.co/4ASKJKVcee